The patch titled
Subject: mm/mglru: rework type selection
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-mglru-rework-type-selection.patch
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-mglru-rework-type-selection.patch
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From: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/mglru: rework type selection
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 20:28:21 -0700
With anon and file min_seq being able to move independently, rework type
selection so that it is based on the total refaults from all tiers of each
type. Also allow a type to be selected until that type reaches
MIN_NR_GENS, and therefore abs_diff(min_seq[0],min_seq[1]) now can be 2
(MAX_NR_GENS-MIN_NR_GENS) instead of 1.
Since some tiers of a selected type can have higher refaults than the
first tier of the other type, use a less larger gain factor 2:3 instead of
1:2, in order for those tiers in the selected type to be better protected.
As an intermediate step to the final optimization, this change by itself
should not have userspace-visiable effects beyond performance.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241202032823.2741019-5-yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: David Stevens <stevensd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bharata B Rao <bharata@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 82 +++++++++++++++-----------------------------------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/vmscan.c~mm-mglru-rework-type-selection
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3089,15 +3089,20 @@ struct ctrl_pos {
static void read_ctrl_pos(struct lruvec *lruvec, int type, int tier, int gain,
struct ctrl_pos *pos)
{
+ int i;
struct lru_gen_folio *lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;
int hist = lru_hist_from_seq(lrugen->min_seq[type]);
- pos->refaulted = lrugen->avg_refaulted[type][tier] +
- atomic_long_read(&lrugen->refaulted[hist][type][tier]);
- pos->total = lrugen->avg_total[type][tier] +
- lrugen->protected[hist][type][tier] +
- atomic_long_read(&lrugen->evicted[hist][type][tier]);
+ pos->refaulted = pos->total = 0;
pos->gain = gain;
+
+ for (i = tier % MAX_NR_TIERS; i <= min(tier, MAX_NR_TIERS - 1); i++) {
+ pos->refaulted += lrugen->avg_refaulted[type][i] +
+ atomic_long_read(&lrugen->refaulted[hist][type][i]);
+ pos->total += lrugen->avg_total[type][i] +
+ lrugen->protected[hist][type][i] +
+ atomic_long_read(&lrugen->evicted[hist][type][i]);
+ }
}
static void reset_ctrl_pos(struct lruvec *lruvec, int type, bool carryover)
@@ -4480,13 +4485,13 @@ static int get_tier_idx(struct lruvec *l
struct ctrl_pos sp, pv;
/*
- * To leave a margin for fluctuations, use a larger gain factor (1:2).
+ * To leave a margin for fluctuations, use a larger gain factor (2:3).
* This value is chosen because any other tier would have at least twice
* as many refaults as the first tier.
*/
- read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, type, 0, 1, &sp);
+ read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, type, 0, 2, &sp);
for (tier = 1; tier < MAX_NR_TIERS; tier++) {
- read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, type, tier, 2, &pv);
+ read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, type, tier, 3, &pv);
if (!positive_ctrl_err(&sp, &pv))
break;
}
@@ -4494,68 +4499,34 @@ static int get_tier_idx(struct lruvec *l
return tier - 1;
}
-static int get_type_to_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, int swappiness, int *tier_idx)
+static int get_type_to_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, int swappiness)
{
- int type, tier;
struct ctrl_pos sp, pv;
- int gain[ANON_AND_FILE] = { swappiness, MAX_SWAPPINESS - swappiness };
+ if (!swappiness)
+ return LRU_GEN_FILE;
+
+ if (swappiness == MAX_SWAPPINESS)
+ return LRU_GEN_ANON;
/*
- * Compare the first tier of anon with that of file to determine which
- * type to scan. Also need to compare other tiers of the selected type
- * with the first tier of the other type to determine the last tier (of
- * the selected type) to evict.
+ * Compare the sum of all tiers of anon with that of file to determine
+ * which type to scan.
*/
- read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, LRU_GEN_ANON, 0, gain[LRU_GEN_ANON], &sp);
- read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, LRU_GEN_FILE, 0, gain[LRU_GEN_FILE], &pv);
- type = positive_ctrl_err(&sp, &pv);
-
- read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, !type, 0, gain[!type], &sp);
- for (tier = 1; tier < MAX_NR_TIERS; tier++) {
- read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, type, tier, gain[type], &pv);
- if (!positive_ctrl_err(&sp, &pv))
- break;
- }
-
- *tier_idx = tier - 1;
+ read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, LRU_GEN_ANON, MAX_NR_TIERS, swappiness, &sp);
+ read_ctrl_pos(lruvec, LRU_GEN_FILE, MAX_NR_TIERS, MAX_SWAPPINESS - swappiness, &pv);
- return type;
+ return positive_ctrl_err(&sp, &pv);
}
static int isolate_folios(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc, int swappiness,
int *type_scanned, struct list_head *list)
{
int i;
- int type;
- int tier = -1;
- DEFINE_MIN_SEQ(lruvec);
-
- /*
- * Try to make the obvious choice first, and if anon and file are both
- * available from the same generation,
- * 1. Interpret swappiness 1 as file first and MAX_SWAPPINESS as anon
- * first.
- * 2. If !__GFP_IO, file first since clean pagecache is more likely to
- * exist than clean swapcache.
- */
- if (!swappiness)
- type = LRU_GEN_FILE;
- else if (min_seq[LRU_GEN_ANON] < min_seq[LRU_GEN_FILE])
- type = LRU_GEN_ANON;
- else if (swappiness == 1)
- type = LRU_GEN_FILE;
- else if (swappiness == MAX_SWAPPINESS)
- type = LRU_GEN_ANON;
- else if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
- type = LRU_GEN_FILE;
- else
- type = get_type_to_scan(lruvec, swappiness, &tier);
+ int type = get_type_to_scan(lruvec, swappiness);
for_each_evictable_type(i, swappiness) {
int scanned;
-
- if (tier < 0)
- tier = get_tier_idx(lruvec, type);
+ int tier = get_tier_idx(lruvec, type);
*type_scanned = type;
@@ -4564,7 +4535,6 @@ static int isolate_folios(struct lruvec
return scanned;
type = !type;
- tier = -1;
}
return 0;
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-mglru-clean-up-workingset.patch
mm-mglru-optimize-deactivation.patch
mm-mglru-rework-aging-feedback.patch
mm-mglru-rework-type-selection.patch
mm-mglru-rework-refault-detection.patch
mm-mglru-rework-workingset-protection.patch
